I work for an investment fund finding great businesses to advice and investing in. In my spare time, I run a Member's Club with 400 members and manage my own business in style consulting and designer accessories.

I enjoy hosting as a way to meet different people. I travel a lot and am not home too much. I love sharing my space with others so we can all enjoy :)

The location is perfect!! The area is fantastic and the apartment was impressive.we had really great time there, just a little bit noisy cuz the restaurant is downstairs...but still highly recommend Emi's house.

The London location of Emi's apartment in London is terrific, you can maximise your stay as you can walk to most things. We appreciated the size of the room, ideal for 2 people and the neighbouring kitchen is well equipped.
Other reviewers mentioned noise throughout the night and the steep stairs for carrying large suitcases, these factors do need to be taken into account.
We think the improvements that could be made are: 1. good bed linen: our base bed sheet was tissue thin and difficult to keep on the mattress.
2. When we did finally meet our host, Emi, we thought she kindly asked, was there anything we needed. We enquired if there was a coffee plunger. This request was treated as absurd and out of line. We were pretty shocked, as in Australia, hosts provide breakfast so we were surprised when this simple query was treated in such an extreme manner. Emi did get a coffee plunger but the over reaction and offers to terminate our stay left us uneasy.

Thank you for the feedback. My first communication (and impression) was that of Glenda complaining about the lack of coffee presser and demanding one even though I explained that a coffee presser is not standard in any place I've ever stayed in and none of my hundreds of guests had ever asked for one as they all were fine with instant coffee. I also explained that I do not drink coffee and then she said I was weird and got very aggressive and argumentative with me. I defended myself by saying that hosting experience should be positive for both of us because I was offering my hospitality and guests should be gracious too. She looked very unhappy so I offered to give her a full refund because it was not a good start and I want guests to be happy. The very next day I went to the store at 8am to get a coffee presser even though I was supposed to catch a train at 9am for business meeting. Overall I felt this guest was very ungracious and had a bad attitude expecting me to drop everything to please her and not appreciating that I went out of my way to accommodate her. I reported it to AirBnb and they apologized and even refunded me the cost of coffee presser. AirBnb was great in helping deal with difficult guest. I chose not to make too big a deal over the coffee issue in her review because I don't wish to be negative. Hosting is a mutual experience. I offer my private home for guests to enjoy and guests should be gracious. Thank you!

Firstly we'll like to say that the location of the apartment was really good and the kitchen in the apartment was excellend. except when we got to the apartment we expected more than one room because Emily states that she can fit 6 people in the apartment and we were a group of 4 people that didn't want to share the one room so we had to pay for another room which she says she keeps for storage and we had to pay £250 for it even though the room has enough room for a small couch, also the shower has no water pressure which its barely called a shower. For 2 days all 4 of us had to take baths because emi had to fix the tiles in the shower, which means there was barely enough hot water for 2 of us. so this apartment is great for where the location but not good enough for a large group so we think emi has to change how many people she can host to only 2 and not 6. Oh and also look out for mice!

Hi Matthew, thanks for the feedback. The large room sleeps 4, 2 in a double bed and 2 in a double sofa bed. If there are more than 4, the extra room is free of charge. I explained this all before you arrived and gave you the option of extra room. For families, they like to stay all together (even 5 in one room) but for friends sometimes they like separate rooms. Everybody is different that is why my basic rate is for 4 ppl in one room like in a hostel and pricing reflects that. My spare room is used for storage and available for extra bc it needs to be prepared.
Sorry that shower had to be repaired, it is now nice and clean. Sometimes things need to be fixed. I apologise for inconvenience.
Oh you did not mention anything about mice during your stay. The exterminator came months ago and killed the mice. Not sure if you made this up but you should've said it to me so I can do something and not after the fact when I don't even know if ifs true.
I'm glad you had a good stay! Thank you :)

The location of the appartment is fantastic!Good restaurants are very nearby and Wholefoods is a great alternative if you don`t want to spend that much.Unfortunately it is very loud during the night, so be prepared.We bought some earplugs after the first night. The room is a bit small, I cannot imagine that it fits more than 2 people properly. The kitchen is nice and fully equipped, we even cooked spaghetti, everything we needed was there.
One more thing to say: the bathroom was really dirty.And it stayed like that during our whole stay (3 nights). This was not very nice, we didn`t ask Emi to clean it but she was there too so she should have seen it.
All in all, the stay was nice in a perfect location!

I ended up swapping to Emi's place in soho, which was brilliant. A large comfortable room with use of a great kitchen. Soho is noisy at night, I was OK as I can sleep through anything, but being right in the middle of London is a great experience.
Oh, and Emi is a lovely host.

Reviews From Hosts

Emi was a great Airbnb guest....
* Easy to communicate with prior to making the reservation.
* Easy to communicate with when organising check in
Once checked in our guest.....
* Kept the communal areas clean and tidy
* Was respectful of the other guests
I recommend this Airbnb guest to all Airbnb hosts.

Emi (Gina) was a great guest! Very polite and fun to be around and she kept the apartment clean. She was independent and had several tours organised, making the most of her stay in Zurich. I would recommend her to any host and it was a pleasure to get to know her during her stay with me.